I've officially finished my fourth week of my sophomore year, and it's certainly different from my freshman year. I got into Durham School of the Arts too late to sign up for advanced placement world history, but this year I'm taking AP US history, arguably a higher-level class. The quizzes are very difficult, which I prefer to last year's relatively easy honors world history quizzes. So far, the class itself has been relatively fun, but the homework is not. I have to write an essay this weekend, and egregious textbook notes feel like watching grass grow. However, AP US history is not my only challenging class. In digital design and animation II, there are a plethora of difficult quizzes, tests, and assignments. I enjoy my honors chemistry class because of the hands-on labs we do often, but it is a lot harder than honors biology. My honors math class is also a little more confusing than last year's. Math is one of the classes I enjoy least, mostly because I just don't like math. To me, it's either too hard or too easy and never just right. English this year has been pretty bland and easy, but English is usually one of my favorite subjects. I like my Spanish class although it is fairly easy at the moment; there are a lot of fun kids in my period. I also enjoy digital design, as we often do 3-d modeling, which I like. In creative writing class, I get to learn new ways to improve my writing and experiment with new genres and such. It's really nice to relax and write for fifty minutes every day, especially a when I'm stressed. In conclusion, there are many new aspects this year in school, and some of them are bad.
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Minecraft is a popular adventure and sandbox game created by the Swedish company Mojang. In September 2014, Mojang was bought by Microsoft for 2.5 billion dollars, but Minecraft has kept churning out annual updates and fun new features. From third to sixth grade, I was in love with Minecraft. However, I took a break from it during seventh to ninth grade, investing lots of time in the game Fortnite which I now despise. Lately, I've gotten back into the game and I haven't regretted a single minute. In Minecraft, there are two modes: creative and survival. In creative mode, you have unlimited resources and can build cities, farms, zoos, theme parks, and so much more. In survival mode, you attempt to survive in a wonderful world of animals and monsters. Through creating potions, traveling to another dimension, and mining diamonds, you can defeat the Ender Dragon to win the game. However, you can continue playing survival Minecraft after you've won. You can find wings and fly around, build a village, and more. I usually play creative mode, but I've beaten the dragon boss once or twice in survival. I prefer creative because instead of having to spend precious time mining cobblestone or cutting down trees, you can fly around and construct cool buildings quicker. Redstone, an ore in Minecraft called red stone that is sort of similar to electricity, is another cool feature. With redstone, people have made all sorts of things including working planes, automatic monster killers, and vending machines. However, the best redstone creations I've managed to make have been automatic doors and automatic farms. In the next few months and years, I hope to learn more about Minecraft and become a better player, builder, and redstone engineer. Final Rating: 5/5 Summary
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AuthorHI! I'm a 12th grader and on this page, I will blog about me and what I'm going through, both in Game Design class and in life. There are a mix of required blog posts and personal reflections, which you can sort, among other things, below the disclaimer and archives. DISCLAIMER
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